San Francisco’s Embarcadero, with its century-old finger piers that jut into the bay, is so integral to the city’s present-day identity that few visitors find their way to another historic stretch of waterfront nearby: a former military port now known as the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture that couples stunning views with a sense of seclusion.
The military installation was decommissioned in 1972, and the 13-acre enclave within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area is now managed by a nonprofit that has filled the aged buildings with eclectic tenants, ranging from the venerable Greens vegetarian restaurant to the city public library’s bookstore. The latest arrival is the San Francisco Art Institute, housed in a newly restored pier structure from 1912 that works surprisingly well as an enclosed college campus.
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